Description:
Troubling reports are arriving from scouts in the Wilderness: zombies are amassing and organizing. Zombies alone are incapable of such intelligent behavior, and each time it has happened in the past great tragedies have come to pass. Captain Rovin, suitably concerned, needs your help to go on a dangerous mission to verify the reports.
Are the Varrock Guard just being paranoid, or could this be a major threat to their city?
Difficulty:
Experienced
Length:
Medium
Quest Requirements:
Shield of Arrav
Knight's Sword, The
Romeo and Juliet
Demon Slayer
Temple of Ikov
Family Crest, The
Garden of Tranquillity
What Lies Below
Knight's Sword, The
Romeo and Juliet
Demon Slayer
Temple of Ikov
Family Crest, The
Garden of Tranquillity
What Lies Below
Skill/Other Requirements:
51 Agility
51 Hunter
54 Smithing
59 Mining
Must be able to fight multiple level 85 enemies.
Must be able to survive in the Wilderness.
51 Hunter
54 Smithing
59 Mining
Must be able to fight multiple level 85 enemies.
Must be able to survive in the Wilderness.
Quests Unlocked/Partially Unlocked by completing this Quest:
Items Needed to Complete Quest:
A Pickaxe (of any kind), a Spade, a Redberry pie, 1 Blurite ore, a Light source, a Tinderbox, Food, Armor, and a Weapon.
Items Recommended for Quest:
A Games necklace, Prayer potions (although you do have access to an altar near the dungeon), an Amulet of glory, and Varrock/Falador teleport runes.
Items Acquired During Quest:
Grubby key, 6 Bottles, 6 Bottle of mist, Varrock teleport tablet, a Scrap of paper, a Restored shield, and a List of elders.
Quest Points:
2
Reward:
15K Hunter XP, 10K Smithing XP, 10K Mining XP, 10k Defence XP, 2K Agility XP, and the ability
to claim Varrock Museum Kudos for completing the Shield of Arrav quest.
Start Point:
Northwestern tower of Varrock Palace.
To Start:
Talk to Captain Rovin.
Instructions:
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Talk to Captain Rovin at the top of Varrock Castle. He will tell you that Hartwin has seen an army of zombies at the Graveyard of Shadows.
Note: Read the Legend of Arrav in the Lores and Histories if you wish to get a better understanding of the storyline of the quest.
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While Hartwin is following you, head to the Graveyard of Shadows, located just west of the Clan Wars lobby. Talk to him when you get there. He will tell you that there was an army. You will notice the zombie tracks.
Note: You may also use a games necklace to teleport straight to the Clans Wars lobby. From there on, head west to the graveyard.
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Inspect the bushes and trees nearby to uncover the tracks, just as you would in hunting kebbits. In one of the trees, you will find a grubby key.
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Keep inspecting objects until you notice that the footpaths end at the Chaos Altar.
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Use the Grubby key to unlock and open the trapdoor behind the altar.
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As you go down the trapdoor, you will see a lot of zombies. On the eastern side of the tunnel, you will notice the option "Look-over balcony". Choose it and you will see a cut scene with 3 Mahjarrats and Arrav.
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Go a little west and grab 3 Bottles. You now need to start killing the zombies. Use the bottles on the red mist they emit upon death. You need 3 Bottles of mist in order to go through the next door. Another cut scene occurs, featuring Arrav.
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Once the cut scene has ended, you must kill 3 more zombies and collect their red mist. Proceed through the next door and look over the balcony for another cut scene. After the cut scene, Hartwin will give you a Varrock teleport tablet and ask you to speak to Captain Rovin.
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Teleport to Varrock and talk to Captain Rovin. He will ask you to talk to Thurgo, south of Port Sarim.
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Make your way to Thurgo's hut south of Port Sarim and talk to him. He will tell you to go to Camdozaal, the Imcando Dwarf Hall under Ice Mountain. He will give you a scrap of paper with coordinates, which shows you the location.
Note: If you have not acquired a Blurite ore prior to starting the quest, we advise you to mine an ore in the Blurite dungeon, located east of Thurgo.
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Head to the White Tree on top of the Ice Mountain and dig just to the east of it. You will dig a hole out of the snow. Use your pickaxe with the churned-up snow to mine the rubble. Enter the hole and crawl to Camdozaal.
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Talk to Ramarno, the sage of the Imcando dwarves. He will tell you that he will help you unlock the power of the Shield of Arrav, but only if you can smith.
Note: If you give Ramarno a Redberry pie, you will receive 1K Smithing XP.
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Use the Blurite ore with The Sacred Forge. Talk to Ramarno, so that he can work his magic that will unlock the power of the shield. You will see a cut scene with Traiborn, Queen Ellamaria, Fenkenstrain's Monster, The Wise Old Man, and Zamouregal talking to you outside of the Forge.
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Teleport back to Varrock. As you approach the palace, you will see the zombie invasion. Talk to Captain Rovin and he will give you the restored Shield of Arrav and tell you to look in the library for its descendants.
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Head to the library and talk to Reldo. Read the list lying on the floor. The List of elders includes the following descendants:
- Romeo
- Juliet
- Draul Leptoc (Juliet's Father)
- Horvik the Blacksmith
- Curator Haig Halen
- King Roald
- Sir Prysin
- Aenoisig Raispher (King Roald's advisor)
- Gontamue
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Talk to each one of the descendants. One of these people will tell you that the next person in their bloodline was married to someone with the surname of Fitzharmon. Read the Varrock Census back at the library to realize that this person is referring to Diminthesis.
Note: The person who will tell you about Diminthesis differs from player to player.
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Speak to Dimintheis, next to the Fancy Dress shop. You will see a cut scene of all the zombies being defeated by Dimintheis with the Shield of Arrav.
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Head back to Captain Rovin to receive your reward.
Congratulations! Quest Completed!
Visit Historian Minas at the Varrock Museum to receive another 5 Kudos, making a total of 163 possible Kudos. Minas will also hand you a lamp, giving 1,000 XP in the skill of your choice.
